The Laughing Horse New Act
of the Year competition has been running since
2001, and in that time there has been a huge
number of acts that have been discovered by it.
Some have gone on to become household names
- Russell Kane, Rhod Gilbert and Jack Whitehall
are just a few to name, and there are many more
act that are now top-level award comedy acts,
Edinburgh, BAFTA and International award
winners, national and international tours and
festivals and much more. Here's the full list
of the acts that have been talented enough to
reach the final since it all started 15 years ago.